cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/64875667

They are currently voting on amends to the regulation. The “Chat Control” proposal would legalise scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos. This threatens fundamental privacy rights and digital security for all EU citizens.

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

  • Sem@lemmy.mlEnglish
    45·
    22 hours ago

    That is interesting. Why in Germany and Austria far-right (AfD, CDU, OVP) are against but center-left / liberals (SPD, SPO) are in favor, while for example in France and Czech Republic it is opposite (RN in favor, EELV against; ANO in favor, KDU-CSL against)?

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
      22·
      20 hours ago

      because civil liberties don’t fit neatly into a left-right spectrum, despite being a lot more important than the economic policies that the left-right spectrum aims to describe, which is why I think the left-right spectrum is mostly useless

    • Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de
      11·
      21 hours ago

      Yess! Indeed interesting, maybe member of german and Austria far right parties use chat apps within scope and fear to get caught doing whatever they do 🤔

    • Enkrod@feddit.org
      3·
      21 hours ago

      This is more about consistency than anything else.

      EU-politicians have promised not to extend Chat Control 1.0 and SPD are the only ones happy to break their promise. The right has Chat Control 2.0 waiting in the wings so the vote to not extend doesn’t hurt their surveillance plans.

    • Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      21 hours ago

      Why in Germany and Austria far-right (AfD, CDU, OVP) are against

      I guess a combination of contrarianism and the control not going far enough.

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        13·
        21 hours ago

        Probably more likely that they are against it as long as they can be targeted. They want to wait until they are in charge politically and can control it, and then they’ll be behind it so they can target their perceived enemies.

        Pretty much how it went here in the USA. All the shit the right wing used to scream and rail against is everything they’re instituting now that they feel relatively sure they won’t have to let go of the power in the future. Once they get their tentacles in, they’ll turn on a dime and support it.